Bristol Rovers 4-2 Southend United: result and report

League One · Saturday 25 October 2008

Result

Bristol Rovers 4-2 Southend United

League One · Saturday 25 October 2008, 14:00 UTC · half-time 3-0

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Bristol Rovers 4-2 Southend United: match report

Bristol Rovers defeated Southend United 4-2 in the League One on Saturday 25 October 2008. It was 3-0 at half-time.

Rickie Lambert opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Bristol Rovers's goals came from Rickie Lambert (10'), Rickie Lambert (16'), Rickie Lambert (33') and Rickie Lambert (55'). Southend United scored through Peter Clarke (70') and Francis Laurent (75').

Discipline: Bristol Rovers received no yellow cards; Southend United received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Bristol Rovers were 12th on 17 points from 13 and Southend United 7th on 21 points from 12. Bristol Rovers went on to finish that season 11th with 63 points, and Southend United 8th with 71.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Bristol Rovers win, 1 draw and 0 for Southend United.

Going into the match Bristol Rovers's last five read W-D-W-W-D and Southend United's D-W-D-W-W.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Goal · Rickie LambertBristol Rovers · 1-0
  • 16'Goal · Rickie LambertBristol Rovers · 2-0
  • 33'Goal · Rickie LambertBristol Rovers · 3-0
  • 55'Yellow card · Simon FrancisSouthend United
  • 55'Goal · Rickie LambertBristol Rovers · 4-0
  • 70'Goal · Peter ClarkeSouthend United · 4-1
  • 75'Goal · Francis LaurentSouthend United · 4-2

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Bristol Rovers 1, draws 1, Southend United 0.